Torbay Hospital: Waiting Lists Mr. Sanders To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) in-patient, (b) day cases and (c) out-patient appointments in Torbay hospital in each year since 1992. Mr. Bradshaw The information requested is not held in the format requested. Information is held for national health service hospital trusts. Therefore, information has been provided in the following table for south Devon healthcare NHS foundation trust which includes Torbay district general hospital. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Ordinary admission|Day case admission|Out-patients| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1991-92 |17.5 |10.8 |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1992-93 |17.1 |10.1 |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1993-94 |14.3 |10.3 |7.4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994-95 |11.3 |10.4 |8.4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995-96 |11.0 |9.6 |7.5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996-97 |11.7 |9.8 |7.7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997-98 |12.2 |10.0 |8.3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-99 |13.0 |9.1 |9.7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999-2000 |15.0 |8.9 |9.2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000-01 |17.1 |9.3 |8.8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |16.3 |11.5 |7.0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |15.4 |10.3 |7.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |13.0 |9.5 |6.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |10.3 |8.3 |6.2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |9.9 |7.9 |5.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |6.6 |6.1 |4.8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |6.2 |4.1 |4.5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:No out-patient data was collected prior to 1993-94Source:Department of Health Forms KH07 and QM08| | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------